The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

COALS. —The 1.11,14 ES HAL t, COMPANY'S COALS, Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .235. per ton. I Double.. .. 20s. per ton. Top ... • 222 . „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De poaddington, W., ts, Westbourne and Maiden- Park-road, ~ N. 17, South Wh ar f, P Best Coke lss. r3r chsldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. The Weather—Sun Office, June 21, 1861, - - THE "ALABAMA" and the " KEARSAGE A complete Narrative of the En,gagemnt off Cher bourg, with full details, incidents, itc By One of the Crew of the "Alabama." Se: " British Army and Navy Review" for July, price 0 e Office : 9, IVater ce-place, Pall-mall, S.W. RuYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and uatsrday. First apr earance of Mdlle. Artot. TRIS EVENING (Tuesday), June 21, will be performed, for the first time this season, Don zetti's opera, in two acts, LA FIGLIA DEL ItEGGIMENTO. Maria, Mdile. Artot, her firs , appearance at the Royal Italian Opera; Marchesa, Madame Tagliafica • eiuTphizio, Ronconi, his first ap pearance in thr?..t chara,ter ; Caporale, tignor Fallar; and Tonio, Sltnnr Neri-Baraldi. • - . After which, the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Despla ces, entitled L Ale Enchant6e. Supported by Mdllc. Salvioni, Carmine, M 11 1 ,•. Navarre, Md.le. Assail:a, M. -)espla et s, and Mr. W. B. Payne. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past .Eff.',ht, Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 10a. 6(1., 75., arc' ss. ; amphiti:eatre.72s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the boi:.-offic,t under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. !THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. Alter which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Bucketone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Neily Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by (for the Bth time) LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Jrc. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Last 5 Nights of Hamlet and the present Season. Mr. PECHTER will perform HAMLF..I7 THIS EVENING (Tuesday). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden hefi Horatio, 31r. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles i Messrs. W. APlntyre, F. Morton. Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actres s , Ain M Benrade ; and G er truie, Miss hieworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half- Past 7, and Haml e t com mences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. 0Y A L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVFNING will be performed a new and original Dratua, by R. Slous, Esq., entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. Fisher, J. W. Ray, J. "Nelson, &C.; Miss Stafford and 1.183 Caroline Carson. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. ro-EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIii.- . SJle Proprietor and Manag,gr. Mr. B. Webster. Ily special desire, The Dead Heart at half-past 8 To-Night. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'.S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, THE AREA BELLE, with a horrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Ls. JlomerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. At half-past 8, THE DEAD HEART Robert Landry (his original character), Mr. Benjamin Webster, suppo ted by Messrs. A. ;•tirling, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart, Vaul Bedford, B llington ; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Allred Mellon), Miss Kelly, 4ir c. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dicn Boneicault ;Esq., every Evening. Rc engagement of those ce ebrFed anc . l popular artistes, Mr. an 1 Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. 'Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. .3. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. ii.obinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stir.:ing. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. 3liss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and orizinal Comedy, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash' ey, Mr. W. Cham,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Benrietta:Slmms. At 10, by particular desire, COLL AS A CUCUMB ER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with ,t'HAIiE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. _ Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborough. After which, MAZOITIIK.A. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, tc. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. t. Thornb. Commence at'. THE ASCOT. RACE GLASSES (the best), at CAT,LNGUAN'R, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-Street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. MOSES AND SON FA+ respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOIIIINU. The newest fabrics are comb;ned with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. 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Tn's DA L — Morning, 2h. 47m.—Aftertoon, 3h. 10m. 10-110E-80 ` ,7 . - Moraing, 3h. 32m.—Afternoon, 3h. 58m. „ _ A, ~, LONDON, 7 IiES DAY, JUNE 21, 1864. The wonderfal:y ingenious series of contrivances by which the Government have scycleverly managed to tide over the chief pert of the session, have left, even now, in this .third week of June, at any rate, one very distinct alternative still at the command of the Hausa of Commons. The House has, in the matter of Denmark, up to this present time, beeA treated quite •systematically by the Government most superciliously —w e had nearly said most contnmelious!y. It has been " put of"' by a suceesion of evasions of vhich we be lieve that the records of " Hansard" furnish riii*varallei. It was denied the papers first of all. It is no A virtually prohibited from having a glance at the protocols. The Cabinet has been consistent 1 at least in one thing, - namely, in declining to fur nish one syllable of frank or manly explanation. No matter whence the inquiries came to them, whether the interrogator' rose on the side of the Opposition or on the Government side, either from a back bench or below the gangway, he was safe to obtain one invariable kind of reply, which, of course, amounted to no reply at all : namely, a repetition literally usque ad nauseam of that evasive phrase glibly articulated all through the session with such "damnable iteration "—to wit, that it would be indiscreet, as yet, to utter a syllable more about it ! And so the longest day has come, and Parlia n'a even tow, has not had vouchsafed to it one word of rational explanation. To-morrow in all human probability, the Conference will meet for positively the last time. On Sunday next, the period of the supplementary fortnight's armistice will come to an end. Monday next, in all likeli hood,•will be signalised by the recommencement of hostilities. The Government laughing in their sleeves the while at having thus adroitly rendered the session so far nugatory in the matter so long that the dog-days are felt to be close at hand, and the time of the grouse-shooting almost j one might sey beginning even now to be sighted. Late though it is in the session, late though it is, in other words, in the season—one alternative hap pily still remains, as we have just now intimated, in the safe keeping of the House of Commons, in the grasp, at the command of her Majesty's Opposition. And the observation we would speak of is simply this—Ezther to force on at last a fall and complete discussion of what has' hitherto been shirked so completely by the Government—Or, supposing that discussion still to be evaded by Ministers on the plea of indiscretion, to petition her MAJESTY not to prorogue Parliament until the Foreign Policy of the Government, more particularly in this matter of Denmark, shall have been brought under the consideration of her faithful Commons. For one thing or the other, the country will hold the House of Commons responsible. Either, these momentous subjects for discussion must be discussed at once, route qui mute, Or measures must be taken for pro • longing the session beyond the usual period of the grouse shooting, until the Legislature shall have had an opportunity of discussing the foreign policy of the Government. When Captain SEMMES' spirited vindication of his course as captain of the Alabama appeared so recently it was not anticipated by many that the career of that gallant little vessel was so near its close, and that but one more signal event was to be added to its chronicles. The intelligence that has just arrived will be a source of great regret to many who have watched the progress of this famous vessel, and admired the daring and intrepi dity which have signalised her men. It is seldom that so much interest has been fixed and so much attention centred in one vessel, and in the annals of naval history it is certain that the Alabama has some peculiar and distinguishing features which will for ever set it apart in the :memory of all who have takes cognisance of her striking incidents. It was not to be expected that such a course could go on long with impunity, and perhaps the real wonder is that before this we have not received the intelligence of her defeat or capture. It is entirely owing to consummate daring and the most consider able skill in management that up till now this little vessel has walked the waters like a thing of life, spreading destruction on her track, striking terror among all who encountered her, and while triumph antly sweeping the seas filling the minds of those on shore with amazement and admiration. Those who perused Captain SEMMES' communication will have seen the straits to which he and his crew were reduced, and the difficulties that they had to contend with, in consequence of the very unfair and unusual course adopted by Earl RUSSELL with re gard to the dealings of this country in the matter of the vessels of the belligerents sending prizes into our ports. If counted by the span of time the Alabama has had but a short life, bat the chronicles of fame take no note of weeks or months, and, according to this calendar, her existence has not been small nor insignificant. She has been hard at work from the outset, through all the storms and conflicts of her fitful course, until she has sunk gallantly fighting to the last, the ruling spirit strong in death. It was no tame and easy victory, no playing at fighting, that ensued when this pride of the Confederate navy went down into the great waters, an which she had played so conspicuous a part, and where her hard• earned laurels had been won. When the mhe er events of this long and arduous conflict ,etween the States of North America are put inns the shade of oblivion, there will stand out conspicuous the feats of the Alabama, and the memory of this vessel will survive as an example of what may be achieved by daring and dexterity. Conclusive as the details afforded by the various accounts un doubtedly are, it may be said that they are not w holly unsatielectory to the friends and admirers of the diseingnished vessel. They may read events which would-not disgrace a ship of far more power and magnitude. There was no wavering nor hesitation, but the greatest energy and spirit were evinced throughout the conflict, which was sharp, short, and severe, In some respects this was a fitting end for a vessel that has throughout its whole career been, as it were, a thing per se and totally distinct from others. It was as well that a startling finale should succee d to a course that was alone in its strun g© outset, and unmatched in its meridian biters , of day and triumphant tide of success. Whiin the Federals w il l . . reloice without stint at this fulfil ment of thei r hu n e a,theiropponents w t in reserve to themselves the right of satisfaction the gallantry which marked the closing no.'s of this strange affair. Death and defeat towered, around the Alabama as she sunk under 7,rater, her deck covered with dead and dying-, out dishonou r was not there; and it may, enerefore, be said that, in Some respects, this ia e fit t t e but dashinglyingtermination tcoa ve nture which was despraled out, which was fraught with hazard, and where the chance s cou ld not always be on the side of gain. It se ems that there was considerable difference in the a d vantages of the two vesse l s , th e Kearsage beingchain-pl ated under her outside planking. Those on board th e Alabama were not aware of this circumstance. It appears at first sight that Captain SEMMES was rash 'in thus engaging the Kearsage; but there is no doubt that he had some reasons for so doing, from the fact of his sending his valuables on shore pre viously to entering on the momentous struggle, such conduct seems to prove that it was not fool• hardiness et all events that urged him on, but the , conviction that the exigencies of the case demanded the venture of whose issue he was doubtful. it will be a source of satisfaction to nearly ail who peruse the details, that the gallant captain has been saved, not only that hi s lif e h as b een preserved, b ut t h at he ha s from past exper i ence, been p reserve d f rom h i s enemies. Judg i ng the Federals were not likely to show much consideration to a foe who had done them so much mischief and always seemed so im possible to catch. Certainly the laurels of the contest are all on the side of the Confederates, and which ever way we lock a t t hi ngs courage an d constancy seem to belong to them exclusively. The career of the Alabama has been a romance from the outset, all tirx exploits and adventures that appertain to her history read more like one of those tales which used to delight an earlier generation than the records of doings which belong to this laggard age. Su far then there is not C., much to regret in the sudden end of this celebrated vessel-- she seems to have fulfilled the intention of her crew, and not to have left a wreck behind for her foes to triumph over. Doubtless there will be most ex treme rejoicing in New York when the news of Sunday's conflict reaches there, but they must remember that instead of now boasting at the victory they might consider the length of time that it has taken to catch this terror of their navy. The end must come to all triumphs, and the end of the Alabama has not been a mean or unworthy close to a career of daring and adventure. She has gone down to an ocean grave - fighting valiantly, with courage undaunted, and zeal that knew no abatement. if we lament that her victories are o'er, that the skilful little craft can no more plough the waves, there remains other points of satisfac tion to mitigate the regret, and the crew who so gallantly defended her will rejoice that she is safe under the great waters from the grasp of a cruel foe, and may not serve their triumphs when they return to tell their friends of the fight and victory. Alderman SALOMON'S Bill for purchasing South• wark and Waterloo Bridges appears to have given rise to some dissatisfaction on the part of the rate payers of The metropolis. The bill which the Alderman has introduced into Parliament is de signed to facilitate the passage of traffic across the Thames within the metropolis, and it is proposed that power should be given to the Metropolitan Board of Works to purchase any one or more of the seven proprietary bridges within the area of their jurisdiction, and to levy a rate not exceeding a penny in the pound for the purpose of defraying the expense of such purchase, the power to levy the rate being granted until January Ist, 1884. This does not appear to be by any means an unjust or extravagant scheme. It is evident from the very fact of there being seven proprietary bridges within the are of the metropolis that there is great need of some reform. These bridges give rise to very great inconvenience on the part of the poorer classes, a fast sufficiently proved by the thinness of the population in their vicinity. The toll, too, has the injurious effect of encouraging the overcrowding of the busy thoroughfares on the Middlesex side, since labouring men and others, who are forced to live near their work, object to adding the amount of the weekly toll to their rent. If a warking man has to pass to and fro even twice a day, the amount will be sixpence a week, and sixpence a week makes a good deal of difference in four or five shillings rent. Where the men go home to dinner, &c., the amount is, of course, doubled, and so they crowd their families away on the north side of the river, while the south in many parts remains comparatively bare, Ratepayers have a good right and rod cause to watch jealously any addition to their burdens, but in the present instance their opposition is scarcely well-founded, seeing that they themselves will participate in the relief. It is most probable that by far the greater number of ratepayers have occasion to cross some of the toll bridges several times in the course of the year, and if they do so in vehicles they are now paying an amount which is nearly equal to a moderate rate, for, ha it is only proposed to purchase one bridge at a time, the full amount of one penny per pound need certainly not be levied. Ali the arguments against turnpikes apply with double farce to toll gates on bridges, and it is a most inconvenient and unsatisfactOry way of levying money. It adds very much to the confusion at London bridge and other of our great thoroughfares, since heavy waggons, &c., are naturally sent by the free bridges, and so they are overcrowded to a dangerous extent. Ail the metropolitan highways and byeways should be free, and the traffic over old Father Thames should be free also. If we object to impositions on our trade, and obstructions to our commerce, we should certainly remove these impediments which come under both heads, and are entirely opposed to the, whole spirit of our legislation. It has always been felt that the claims of moss who devote their lives to the public se: vice deserve paramount consideration at the b ands of the nati on . Soldiers and sailors more e specially are entitled to relief and assistant - in times of si c k ness an d ,dis tress, since the, are called upon to sacrifice and to risk so 133 :ach on behalf of their countrymen. Eeg lant!,, never slow to acknowledge a claim upon her gratitude or her kindness, has readily responded to the wants and requirements of her disabled or superannuated naval and military servants; and it Chelsea and Greenwich do not fully accomplish the works for which they were designed, it is not the fault of their original founders, nor is it owing to a want of sympattsr and approbation for their objects on the part of the public. But until lately there Was a great lack of care for the s families of these brave men, and the various institutions and associations desi g ned to benefit and assist the soldier, and left • the important work of caring for those dear to him undone. The soldier's daughter has an especial claim upon our care, since she is deprived of the counsel and protection of a father, perhaps during the most important part of her life, if he is stationed abroad. She is liable at any moment to be orphaned by the casualties of man or the evil influences of en unhealthy climate. An expedition like the Ashantee affair makes many orphans, and it is not too much to oxpeat that the nation shall care for those helpless ones whom the soldier has left behind him. The Soldier's Daughter's Home, at Hampstead, was provided eight years ago, for the purpose of educating and providing for soldiers' daughters. It was opened under the auspices of the late Prince Consort, and has been patronised by many distinguished per sons; still it is unsatisfactory to find that at the annual meeting held on the anniver sary of its opening on Saturday last, the report stated the number of annual subscrip tions to be diminished. The financial condition of the house is at present good, but its progress rests on an insecure foundation, unless the annual sub scribers hold their ground. The practical workieg of the Institution is very satisfactory. The girls who have left it are doing well in the world; one of them has gained a scholarship, and is in training for a schoolmistress ; others are in service and attended to and receive prizes for good conduct, while the average number in the house is 162. A proof of the great need that exists for such an establishment is given by the fact that more than a hundred applications have been refused for want of funds. It is gratifying to find that soldiers them selves appreciate its value, since we are told that con tributicns from regiments are on the increase, and the committee have wisely resolved on grant ing to regiments contributing a requisite sum the privilege Jake o of nominating reg i mental scholars. The WeLLINGToN, and oth er gent l emen who attended the meeting, desirous of putting the regular income of the institution on a better feet . that a good many ing, increased the amount of their annual subse r ip. givingitniut:rse,stthienreitbsysueces. We hope s practical evidence of th e i r others will follow their example, since the import auce of protection and regular training for soldiers' daughters must be vident to all. It has become the wise and prudent custom of late years, when striving to benefit any particular class, to assist the young belonging to it. Thus not only relieving the chief anxiety and lightening the labours of the parents, but conferring lasting good on another generation. Little encouragement has been hitherto given to our soldiers to form domestic ties, but in the present day we are trying to make emends in some degree for the errors of the past, and certainly an Institution like the one alluded to effords not only satisfaction for the present, but hope for the future. Mr. Benedict's Morning Concert, Yesterday this pre-eminently great musical event of the season—among.all the fashionable concerts of the year the most conspicuous and the m )st fashion able—duly came cff according to announcement. As any one might very confidently b e f ore h an d h ave pre dicted would inevitably be the case—the whole mag nificent area of the St. James's Hall was thronged by a thoroughly appreciative audience—the pick of the friends and admirers - of Mr. Jules Benedict. The majority of those assembled together yesterday in evidence of this most accomplished musician's popularity, the eye recognised at a glance to be of the gentler sex—the appearance of the interior of the building, alike on the well filled level of the hall and in the crowded balconies, resembling parterres, the flowers of whiuh were represented by—to say nothing of the faces—gossamer bonnets and light and delicate coloured toilettes of every hue and shade of a hue well imaginable. Leaving the hall, as we did four hours and a half after the con cert had commenced, we yet left almost on e fifth of the wonderfully ample programme still to be got through. It was then close upon six p.m,, and the entertainment had begun punctually, according to announcement, at half-past one in the afternoon! The performance, consequently, could hardly by any possibility, we should imagine, have contrived be over until past seven o'clock in the evening. The fact being, that Mr. Benedict was altogether too bountiful in his arrangements. It was not so much a Grand Concert, as it was two or three Grand Concerts rolled into one. Never was there a more conspicuous illustration of the possibility of giving too much of a good thing. The mere time occupied was more than twice too long. People began drop ping out at; last by twos and threes, and at length by dozens and by scores, beca - ase in this feast of sweat sounds they had already long before its close been fairly surfeited. The mere catalogue of the names of the perforneets, alike vocal and instrumental, was something extraordinary, something quite exceptional. To enumerate simply the most conspicuous of the great names on the list, there were Signor Giuglini, Signor Gardoni, Signor Delle Sedie, Signor Bettiui, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Santley, Dr. z, Herr Fricke, Madlle. Car lotta Patti, Madlle. Bettleheim, Madlle. Leschetizki, Madame Parepa, Madlle. Volpini, Madlle. Trebelii, and Madame Sainton Dolby. There were two such violinists as Herr Joachim and Herr Wieniawski, and those two for once in their lives playing to gether a concertant duet of Ludwig Spolar's—a noble competition ! Each of the two great artists, if not to the other " a foeman worthy of his steel," cer tainly a rival worthy of his horsehair. No less than five pianists--namely, Mr. Benedict, himself, with Madame Arabella Goddard, and Mr. G. A. Osborne, together with two of the youth tul pupils of Mr. Benedict, pupils as creditable to him es Master Frederick Cowen and Miss Eleanor Ward. A violincellist, as gifted es Signor Piatti, who fairly surpnEssd himself in his exquisite per formance of one of his own fantasies on that noble instrument. Added to these distinguished solo performers, whether vocalists or instrumentalists, there were a throng of others, aided by a most efficient orchestra, and in the choral parts by the well-drilled members of the Vocal Association. Mr. Benedict himself assiduously presiding over the whole of the elaborate arrangements of this most prodigal of musical entertainments. Selections from same of the greatest masters of the diville art made up the bulk of the entertain ment. Beethoven's glorious overture to Fidelio led off the performances, we might almost say without any eztravEigance of phrase, sumptuously. Nex t came one of the loveliest among the many lovely treats provided for his numerous friends and ad mirers by Mr Benedict, at this in every way memo rable benefit of his—the performance by the Vocal Association, to the accompaniment of the grand organ, of Arca ere's wondrously beautiful "Ave vernm corpus nature." Listening to it with closed eyes, we almost smelt the incense and felt spirited away from te at ga y haunt of fashion to one of the grand o . lcl Gothic cathedrals upon the continent. Auber's delicious duet, " Dans les defiles des Montagnes," from " Lea D:amants de la Ceuronne," was so charm ingly given by the Mademoiselles Georgi that it was the first encore. A brilliant success has to be here notified as having been achieved yesterday in the James's Hall by Madame Harriers-Wippern. whose dazzling delivery of the famous aria and scene from Weber's haunted and haunting " Dcr Freysclaii'z," "Wie nahte mir der Schlummer," was applauded by the audience with a sort of enthu slum. Signor Clinglines inimitable zenderiog Benedict's own bawitchino,b little romanzi, "Figlie d'Erina," from The Lily of Killarney, necessitated its repetition. In its every articulate sound it breathed evidence conclusive of the skill of the consummate artist. It, is a particularly noticeable circumstance in regard to Mr, Benedict's concert yesterday, that in the midst of his immense array of miscellaneous pieces, it comprised within its com pass the whole of that distinguished musician's own cantata, " Richard Cceur de Lion." A production admirably performed throughout, and no wonder, remembering . who were the artists among whom the four characters were distributed—Madame Parepa being the Ma tilda, Madame Sainton-Dalby, the Page Urbain Mr. Santley, Richard Car d e Li on hi m self, and Mr. Sims Reeves, Blonde!, the Troubadour. After the completion of the Cantata, Madame Arabella Goddard played with wonderful delicacy and dexterity variations upon Ariel's r erial fairy-Bong, "Where the Bee Sucks, there lurk I," exqu isitely arranged for the pianoforte by Mr. Benedict. After wards coming, another of B e n e dict's arrangement s, not for a e pianoforte this time, but for the voice, and for such a voice as it happened, C_lrlotta Patti's —namely Schulhof" s introduction to the famous Carnival de Venice. A carnival of delicious sounds it was—a pelting of sugarplum notes—fountains, cascades of them, shining upon the senses as the radiant young soprano sang. It was do in g wit h o the voice what th e p res tidi g itateur does with his exquisitely little hands. It was, if on e m i g ht say so, a feat of leger de t; d o o ix n .: hiswo word in f ee, dulcet pa thetic rendering romance, "Le Chemin du Paradis" —one of the admiration and Gris due to Signor of Blumenthal's delicious very loveliest little French ditties ever dreamt of by poet or musician, for all it is so simple both in idea and in melody. Compelled though we are to pass by u nnoticed so much that was undoubtedly entitled to notice in this truly remarkable concert, we would at least men tion in regard to it, that as it commenced nobly with Beethoven's overture to Fidelio, it closed as grandly, in its way, with the glorious " Wedding March" of Mendelssohn. PISHOP OF LONDON'S FUND.--Dr. Stanley, Dean of Wes , mineter, has consented to preach on behalf of this fund on Sunday morning next, at St. Matthew's, Spring gardens. THE SCENE OF SCOTT'S ` 4 QUF,NTIN DURWARD.' —The ancient castle of Plessy-les- Tours (Indre-et-Loire), where Louis XI. resided and died, and in which the early scenes of Scotes "Quentin Durward" are laid, is said to have been lately purchased by a Paris agent de change, who intends restoring it in the style of the period. THE REPRESENTATION OF lIUDDERSFIELD. A circular has been forwarded to the supporters of Mr Akroyd, of Halifax, at the last Huddersfield election, in viting them to attend a meeting at the George Hutel, Hud dersfield, on Tuesday evening, to hear an " important communication" from Mr Akroyd respecting the future representation of thet town. Speculation is rife as to the nature of the communication referred to; and it is thought not unlikely that Mr Akroyd is intending to retire from the field in favour of a gentleman resident in Hudders field, whose name has of late been freely mentioned as a probable candidate for Parliamentary honours—ll/anchester Courier, HIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Nova Scotian, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, JUNE 10 (Evening). Despatches from General Grant, dated Thursday night (6th), report no important movement. Rumours are current of a movement by Grant to the south bank of the James River. It is also said that he intends to besiege General Lee's works on the Coickahominy. President Lincoln has accepted the nomination of the Baltimore Convection for the Presidency, and has approved of the amendment to the Consti tution prohibiting slavery. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 10 (Evening). Money easy. Gold reached 99 to-day, but declined to 981 per cent, premium. Exchange on London, 218 to 220, on Paris, 2f. 60c. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals,l33l ; Illinois, 130; Erie, 113/ ; Six per Cent. Bonds, 5.20'5, 1051 ; Cotton, very firm, Middling upland, 112 to 114. Wheat, flour, cprn, and provisions advancing. Coffee dull. Sugar steady. Petroleum quiet—crude, 43c.; refined, 65c, THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 20, 7 p.m. All the Liberal papers of this morning publish articles referring to the Ministerial crisis. Dagbladet says—" The proposed Sohleswig-Hol. stein solution is the very last the nation will accept. The people will never suffer the sacrifice of Schles wig and the Danish right. The King exists for the people, not the people for that of the King. No Ministry recommending the formation of a State of Schleswig-Holstein can stand." DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 2Q, 8.3 P.M. The difference which existed between the King, he Ministry, and the Privy Council, was settled ,his afternoon. The Berlingsk Tidende of to , day expresses doubts as regards the authenticity of the current statement relative to the Russian proposal for the settlement of the Dano-German question. PARIS, JUNE 21. Before Tearing Paris, the Japanese ambassador signed the treaty which was the object of his mission. The news received from Japan continues pacific. The commercial negotiations between France and Switzerland are terminated, and the treaty will be signed by the representatives of the two countries to-day. SPAIN AND PERU. MADRID, JUNE 20. It is stated that at a Ministerial Couneil, under ,he presidency of the Queen, it was decided to treat ,he Peruvian difficulty in such a manner as to avoid war. FRANCE. M. Daviliicr, president of the Paris Chamber of Commerce, has had the honour of presenting to the Emperor a volume containing official statistics of the trade and Imnu.factures of Paris, drawn up by himself and M. Deniere, president of the Tribunal of Commerce. The Emperor complimented M. Davillier on the execution of the work. A Paris letter, i❑ the Gironde of Bordeaux, says : —" M. Emile 011ivier has been charged, it is said, by the French Government to go and defend before the Council of State of Turiu the interests of the French Treasury in a rather serious question arising out of the cession of Nice and Savoy. He has already left for the Italian capital." BOURSE, 'Tune 20.—The market has ben heavy, and prices are rather lower than on Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. sc. Mo biller have receded to 1,067 f. 50e. In Railway Shares little doing, and some of the lines show a slight decline. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 93 25 Italian Loan . 69 90 Do. end month.... Do. end month.... •-- 3 per Cents end month..., 66 10 New Mexican Credit M0bi1ier....1067 50 Russian Do. end m0uth....1067 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3395 Spanish Threes.... 50i Credit Foncier 1240 Home Debt Roman Orleans Worthern Lyons and Medit arranean Cash. Account. 868 75 .. 870 993 75 .. 992 50 875 .. 881 25 New ditto S Althorn 650 .. 651 25 Western Eastern .. 465 46.5 SArciinian .. 366 25 367 6U Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. 570 .. 568 75 Ditto to Barcelona Elegant Extracts . from " Manhattan." GRANT'S ACHIEVEMENTS. Grant could have marched to his present position without losing a man. He had only to keep away from Lee's forti fications. Instead of this, he attacked Lee's defences, was ss hipped—fell back ; attacks again, is whipped —retreats ; and yet it is sate to say that iu killed, wounded, prisoners, stragglers, and deserters Grant as nosc---while in M'Clel lan's old tracks—less men by 100,000 of the original force that crossed the Rapidan now nearly four week ago. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LAST GEM OF A LETI: 111 _ Closes thus:—" It is impossible for me to attend. prove, nevertheless, whatever may tend to strengthen and sustain General Grant and the noble armies now under his direction. ➢iy previous high estimate of General Grant has been maintained and heightened by what has occurred in the remarkable campaign he is now conducting; while the magnitude and difficulty of the task before him does not prove less than I expected. He and his brave soldiers are now in the midst of their great trial, and I trust that, at your meeting, you will so shape your good words that they may turn to men and guns moving to his and their sup port.—Yours truly, "A. LINCOLN." A CHILD CONVICTING ITS OWN FATHER OF MURDERING THE IrfLVERTON CASE. f- HOUSE OF LORDS -(T111 1 : -DA Y). TELVERTON V. LONGWORTH (OR YELNI.:;..TaN)' This morning the consideration of this eas.) was ren.:we d t there being present the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Wenslydale, There was a great crowd of persons in attendance prior to the doors being opened. The Attorney-General, its continuing his address, said that when their lordships last adjourned he had arrived at the last letter but one in the series between Major Yelverton and Miss Long'a•erth. He made some obser vations on those, which ho did not propose to repeat. There was one letter bearing the Edinburgh post-mark, June 4th, and Boulogne, June 6Ja, which were;not forth coming, and of which he believed it had bE en truly alleged that it induced the lady to suspect some treachery towards herself end which led her to visit Edinjairgh. The letuned gentleman then proceeded to read lengthened extracs from the examination and cress-examination of Major Yelverton at the trial, particularly in raterenco to the utters ;aid to have been d€stroyed or kept back, With regard to Major Yelverton he might remark, that he did not give the lady the same opportunity of proving the loss or mutilation of the letters which she had given him, and in consequence of that she offered herself for examination, which was ob jected to on technical grounds, and no doubt necessarily taken with success. All the argument he wished to pro ceed upon was that the respondent desired to give the fullest information she possessed as to the loss of the docu ments, but the laws of Scotland prohibited her from entering into any such arrangements. Some strees had been laid upon the fact that in her letters to father Mooney the lady did not use any expressions of alarm or distrust in refer ence to her husband, but then it must be remembered that at that time there had been no open rupture between them, and she was not disposed to place his conduct in an un favourable light. The learned counsel then proceeded to examine the correspondence and the circumstances relating to the Irish marriage. ITS MOTHER. Mr. Hunter, a neighbour of mine, who killed his wife some months ago, has had a fair trial, and has been found guilty of murder in the second degree. This sends him to hard labour for life. He is a man of some property. The jury could not agree for three days. The judge declared he would not discharge the jurymen until they did agree. Then they compromised on a verdict. He was convicted upon the evidence of his only son, a boy 12 years old. The little fellow stuck to the truth, and he never wavered in his account of " killing mother." THE "WORLD'S" OPINION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN ! The World to-day speaks of Mr Lincoln without gloves. It was suppressed by his order. This extract is better than any correspondent can or dare write. It is clear and con cise :—" Mr Lincoln is intrinsically a weak candidate. As a man his instincts are vulgar, his education narrow, his manners a cross between boor and buffoon. As a states man, he is incapable, vacillating, a time-server, without either wise comprehension of the present or sagacious fore cast of the future. As an administrator, he selects the un fittest instruments for the most important functions, and after the clearest demonstrations of their incapacity, he has not decision of character to replace them by men of energy and ability. His Szcretary of State is shallow and pretentious; his Secretary of War, wrong-headed and im petuous ; his Secretary of Nary, a noodle ; his Attorney General, a granny ; and his Secretary of the Treasury has so little of the just pride of a statesman, that he has held on to a place in an administration whose imbecility he despises, and many of whose prominent acts he openly condemns." - _ SUICIDE OF A Pli,lSONEll.—Yeaterday morning the officials of ,he House of Detention discovered that a prisoner named Emil Herlick, a German, had committed suicide in his cell during the night. He was committed on Friday last by Mr Selfe on the charge of stealing a carpet bag and its contents, value £3, and on the warder opening his cell yesterday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, the prisoner was found hanging from the ventilator by means of the straps of his hammock. Ho was at once cut down, and the body being still warm means were taken, but without suceess, to restore animation. There was nothing in the man's manner to lead to the supposition that he meditated self-destruction. A coroner's inquest will of course be held upon the bcdy. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day) WEST INDIAN INCUMBE RED ESTATES COURT. (Before Henry J. Stoner, Esq., Chief Commissioner.) In the matter of Robert Sutherland (deceased), ex parte Sir Roderick Impry Murchison and another, petitioners; re Alexander McLeod (deceased), John Cochrane and another, petitioners; re John M'Fee (deceased), John Grant and Robert Grant, petitioners. The following sugar estates situate in the parishes of Charlotte and St. George, in the Island of St. Vincent, were sold by auction by Messrs. Leifchild and Chet Ens, under orders pronounced by the chief commissioner in the above matters, and realised the following prices, viz.:— Waterloo, containing 430 acres, £s,oso—Orange Hill, 430 acres, £l,olo—One half of Sans Souci, 315 acres, £3,700 — Mount Greenan, 366 acres, £4,loo—Jambou Vale, 287 acres, £l,oso—Peruvian Vale, 332 acres, £7OO —and Henry's Vale, 301 acres, £7OO. MARKETS—This Day HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s par load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10a ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10a Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been moderately active, and full rates are current for superior qualities. SuclAß—The market has remained without animation, although West Indian descriptions fully sustain former rates. In th© refined market there is little change to report. COFFEE —The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and prices are generally well sustained. The stocks on hand, as compared with those of the same period of last year, showing a slight increase. RlCE—Only a limited business has been done, and there is no change to record in prices. TALLOW —The market has continued rather inactive, owing to political influences. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 403 6d to 408 91. COAL Al Friaes of Coal per Ton ni s. d. Aith: ET, t ttle olos . e 01 the market. Byass's B ebside West Hartley ....16 3 Holywell 16 6 Eden Main l6 3 West Hartley 16 3 Hastings Hartley l6 3 Tanfield Moor Butes l4 0 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. Haswell Eleugh Hall 16 6 Tunotall Ke110e......... l6 9 South Kelloe 16 6 Hetton l7 6 Eonth Hetton 17 6 Braddyll's Hetton 16 6 Harton 15 6 Riddell l5 9 Wharncliffe 15 9 Goeforth l5 6 Caradoc l7 0 KeiperGrange 16 3 Russel's Hetton 16 6 South Hartlepool.-- 16 9 Framwellgate l6 6 It, 101 ; sold, 93. ley 16 0 Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 3 North Pelton Gas 13 0 ‘,Walker Primrose 13 3 Wylam 16 6 Walls End. Hartlepool l7 3 East Hartlepool 17 6 Cassop l6 9 ships at market Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quiet, without change. Sales prob Ably 5,000 bales. MIND Youit, STOPs!—In the account given by one of our morning contemporaries of the Marquis of Abercorn's magnificent banquet to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales last evening, we read with some sense of surprise that—" The Royal guests were received in the grand hall—which was adorned with a pro fusion of choice exotics disposed in admirable taste by the )ioble host and hostess and Viscount Hamilton—and imme diately afterwards that—the Princess was conducted to the library, where linner was served by the Marquis of Aber corn, and the Prince gave hie arm to the marchioness." AN EXPERT SWINDLER.—At Birmingham, on Saturday, a spruce, gentlemanly looking man, of middle ego, named F. G. Wainwright, was charged with stealing two gold watches, one silver watch, and three gold Albert Chains, the properly of Messrs. Widdowson and Veale, goldsmiths, &e., London. This charge merely indi cated the extent of the legal evidence against the prisoner without giving a clue to the extraordinary character of the case as described by Mr Morgan, and also by Mr Manton, detective inspector. It appears from their statements that the prisoner has for many years been carrying on a clever system of commereial plunder, and has conducted his operations with such skill as to elude detection. His plan has been to take a house in some respectable vicinity in she town he might select as the temporary basis of ope rations, rarely selecting a rent below £3O, and there to write in the name of some well-known or fictitious firm (as the case might suit) to the tradesman he might single out as his victim, ordering a quantity of goods to the house. Inquiries on the part of the tradesman ascertained the fact that the prisoner had actually taken a large respec table house in his own neighbourhood, and thus all mis givings were allayed, and the goods were supplied. 'emetimes the order would be sent to another town— frequetly to London—and the references in every case confirming ,is locus stencil, the transaction was opened with confidence. The prisoner having got the goods int o his possession ( an d tn ,,Tv were usually of a light and valu able character, such as j ,ewellery, optical instruments, watches, &o.) quickly became .".'ion est. His " furniture" being designedly portable, and cap.. ble, according to Mr. Manton, of being accommodated in a sti:.% ll hand cart; he was enabled zo pack up and be off in doub..e •quick time, without exciting any attention on the part of 32,.;ghbotirs Of course, his track was immediately lost, and l'e'tters from uneasy creditors were returned without finding ten owner, It turns out that he engaged a house in every succeeding sphere of operations a month in advance, and, having assumed a new name in tho new locality, he was enabled to prosecute his plans with impunity. In this way, it is said, he has gone on for years, mulcting unfortu nate and too-confiding tradesmen to enormous amounts. Latterly, he came to Birmingham, and had, up to the time of his apprehension, made three " shifts." He carried on his " business" at Highgate, under the name of Anderson, then at Green-lane, under the name of Harrison, and lat telly, having got from an optical instrument maker a large quantity of spectacles, he set up in Bradford -street, and travelled as the representative of Messrs Dolland and Wainwright, opticians, the former being an eminent London to give optician, and the latter a myth, a name introduced For a Long colour to his own connection with the concern. a time the police have been on the look -out for hint, but have At last he en never been able to carry their cases home . t tered into negotiations with the L o ndon jewellery firm.men tioned at the commenceme nt of this notice,or a supply of watches and jewellery, and somehow their suspicions were excited, though not soon enou gh to prevent the despatch of the goods. The police were placed on the alert. The prisoner was supposed to be in London, but Insp .ctor Manton succeeded i n meeting with him in Bir m i ng h am, on Friday, and at once took him into custod y . Oa his person he found sine of the watches described in the list forwarded i ron s the victimised firm, and on searching his house he found three pawn tickets for the other articles mentioned in the charge. The prisoner made no reply when asked to account for the possession of them. He was remanded till Friday.--Birmingham Post. PERFECTION OF MECHANISM; —" As engineers we can say that it really approaches much nearer the perfection of mechanism than any other example of clock wak we have yet seen on anything lice the same large scale." —Engineer. J. W. Benso n h av i ng erected steam power an d improved machinery for cl oc k ma ki ng a t th e ma nufactory. Ludgate hill, will b e glad to furnish to clergymen, architects, and cominift es estimates and specifications of every description of horological machine, especially cathedral and public clocks, chiming tunes on any number of be Is.' A descriptive pam phlet on church clocks post free for one stamp. Wa ch and ciock maker bywarral.f of appointment to 11. ti.ll. the Prince (1 Wales, and maker of the great clock for the Exhibitiun of 1862. Manufactory, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749. [Advt.] tigli 171 - c - E t'iraffar HER MAJESTY, • WINDSOR CASTLE, June 20. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PrinCePS Louis of Hesse, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon from Marlborough House, attended by Mdlle. de Granny and Captain Von Westervveller. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, also arrived, and left the Castle this niornipg for London. • His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by went, yesterday afternoon to Wood norton near Evesham, to visit his Royal Highness the Duke de Mentpensier, who is suffering from sb yere illness. Dr. Jenner accompanied Prince Alfret2• Th e ,Cricee returned to Windsor Castla this morning. Their R o y a l f:ighnesses Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, and Prince Louis of Hesse, went out riding this morning. In attendance were the ion. Horatia Stopford, Mdlle. de Graney, and Lieut. - Co lonel the Hon. D. De Ros, His Highness Mustapha Pacha, the Turk ish Am' bassador, and Sir Moses Moctefiorc, arrived at the Castle to-day from London. Earl Granville also arrived, and had an audieno3 of the Queen. Mustapha Pacha was presented to the Queen by the Turkish Ambassador. Sir Moses Montefiore had an audience of her Majesty. Lord Rivers and Lieut. General Sir H. Bentinck were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, went to Marlborough lion" this afternoon. The Prince and Princess of wales. :The Prince of Wales accompanied by Prin c Alfred, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel KePr l Lieutenant Haig, rode on horseback to Lord Cricket Ground yesterday. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drivel at 4 tended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Pon ce . Alfred honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn with their company at dinner. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lieut.bColonel Keppel, and Lieut. Haig. We understand that their Royal Highnesses tii" Prince and Princess of Wales intend honouring the Adelphi Theatre this evening to witness Mr. Peel' Webster in " The Dead Heart." Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prieo eg of Wales will honour Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston by their company to-morrow evening at Cambridge 11011°e' Piccadilly. The Duchess of Wellington will give a grazi a on Friday, the Ist of net month, to meet their Royal Nigh. nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Apsley gnus Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cara' bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, a nd Princess Mary of Cambridge honoured the Dowager La d / Truro by their company at dinner yesterday evening at her ladyship's house in Eaton-square. Lady Geraldine Sower' set, Lady Caroline Cust, and Cape, A. Ellis Were in atten dance on their royal highnesses. A select party Wag invited to meet the royal guests. Tian Earl of Sandwich entertained their Seren e Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Sale. Weimar, the Earl and Counte: s of Chesterfield, the Ea " and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady Ebury and Hon. Miss Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Lady Marian Alford and Miss Mary Boyle, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Mr. Rainald Knightley, M.P,, and Dr. Quin, yesterday evening, at Ills lordship's residence in Grosvenor-square. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Hereditary Grand Dulee Adolphus, left St, James's Palace yesterday morning, on their return to Germany. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, accompanied the Grand Duke and his son to the railway station. The Archbishop of Canterbury's evening party is unavoidably postponed from this evening to Monday, the 27th inst. CHARLES KEAN is said to have made the magni ficent eum of £ll,OOO during a 26 weeks' professional tour in Australia. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND ROSA BONHEUR.- -- The Empress Eugenie this week, when passing through Thomery daring a drive in the environs of Fon tainebleau, stopped at the residence of Mdlle. Rose Bola heur, and requested to see her studio. The artist at once acceded to her Majesty's wishes, and showed her the diffe rent paintings on which she is at present engaged, as well as many fine studies of animals. A painting representing a stag leading a herA of hinds along the summit of a rockY eminence especially attracted the notice of her Majesty' After passing an hour in the studio the Empress took leave, having first obtained a promise that her private collection should be enriched by a picture by Mdlle. Bonheur. THE ALABAMA.—We observe that ths Briei B4 Army and Navy Review for July gives a complete narrative of the brilliant engagement between this celebrated cruiser and the Kearsage. THE LAMBDA-NU (whatever that may be!) Teri centenary Poem on Shakspere, written by J. A. Allen, a nd published by John Morgan, of Strattord-upon-Av on, ha just made its appearance in the form of a pamphlet of 4 ' pages of verse and appendix. THREE FAMOUS BASS SINGERS.—George #5123"' Tinney, and fligrnaa. There was not much once observable between any of these three gentletnen, with this exception, that he who went lowest, stood higist ; thus Tinney got well down to E flat, George Smith ran him har d, and growled down to D ; but Higman, the Polyphemus r this grumbling band, held a good, round, powerful dourer e C which defied all competition. These vocalists se ere , and upon all occasions singing " The Wolf," a robber of song composed by Shield, for the opera of " The Cadee'L Andalusia." No matter what the Occasion mig ht he --3 public dinner, a ball, a marriage, or a funeral —it IligEnall got a chance of singing, it was sure to ho " The W.o lfe ' ' All the theatrical bass singers of that period were robbers, and generally adopted a sort of Spanish costume, tut of so mixed a character, that it would have been difficult in the extreme to have associated them with any dogree of cer tainty with any country—they were robbers, and tha t Wst; enough : they sang " The Wolf," and that was all which could be desired.—Bent y Phillips Recollections. A BEADLE'S INGENUITY.—There may n ow " be seen in the Salle des Etats, in the palace of the Louvre, a plan in woodwork of the immense palace of Versaiilee, with its court, courtyards, gardens, gates, and statues. Thi s work of labour and patience was accomplished by I ‘ l * Mamma, beadle of the chapel of Versailles, now in the 78th year of his age. ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S ACCESSION.m Yesterday being the 27th anviversary f her ated t h e usual rejoicings througho ut the kingdom, especially at Winds, v, where her Maje st y and the Royal family are now staying. The morning was celebrated 's accession to the thron e—the day was heredolfa the tn variousthe metropolis h e b s y the ringing . of bells from the steeples s flags being ho isted at the spires of St. Miertin's-in-the fields ;' St. M ar g aret's, Westminster; St. Ma ry Abbott's, Kensington y • an d St. Luke's, Chelsea. The Roy al Standard was hoisted a t the Tower, the General Post -office, St. Martin's -le- Grand; the flag of the Lords' Commissioners of the Admiralty was hoisted at Somerset House, the Ad miralty, Deptford Dockyard, and Woolwich. The ships in the river presented a very gay appearance, from the varies gated bunting and flags of all nations exhibited by them. At one o'clock a grand f eu d e j o i e was fi re d from the gun s in St. James's-park, th e T ower , W oo l w ich, Tilbury Fort, and at Windsor. THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON. —/Are have much gratification in announcing that Wo have received an authorised communication that Mr Ras sell Gurney, Q.C,, deputy chairman of the Royal Mail (West India) Steampacket Company, will, in the event of a general election, become a candidate, in conjunction with Mr Alderman Rose, for the representation of this borough in Parliament; or should Mr Digby Seymour in the meantime receive any Government appointment, as has been occasionally surmised, that Mr Russell Gurney will be equally prepared to offer himself as a candidate for the vacant seat. So that, in either case, we shall have to congratulate the port cf Southampton on having a most efficient representative, in addition to our present excellent member, Alderman Rose, in the person of a gentleman not only distinguished as the Recorder of the City of London, but as an old director and deputy chair man of the West India Company, who will thus most powerfully represent the thriving company of which heck a very valuable member, as weal as its great steatn•Pa ,takion, in Parliament—llainevehire Advertiser. LOVING ONE'S FELLOW- CREATURES " SOM E THING WORSE THAN ONE'S HoRSEs."--When the fearful railway collision took place on the Ascot li ne, a gentl"2: who 'Nati travelling in the same train starte d from his exclaiming " Oh, my horses I" reached to the his head out, and then sank back on his seat, quietly " Thank God, it is only a third class carria9.l'l